Humidor



Oct. 30

H. M. KREH HUMIDOR Filed Feb. 27 1920 Patented Oct. 30, 1,923.

HENRY H. XREH, OFKHADDON HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY. Y

HUMIDOR.

Application led February l27, 1920. Serial No. 861,875.

To all 'whom zt may concern Be it known that I, HENRY KREH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Haddon Heights, Camden County, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Humidors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to' humidors or moisj teners for tobacco products, and one object of my invention is to provide an ordinary box or container, for instance a cigar box of a type which maybe sold as an original package or employed by a dealer as a con tainer from which to vend the tobacco products, with means for keeping the contents suiiciently moist or damp and in proper condition. A further object of my invention is to provide an improved structure which may serve as a container and humidor for the urchaser and in which cigars or other to acco products may be kept until consumed. While my invention is applicable for use with tobacco products generally, it is more particularly adapted for use with boxes or packages employed for the purpose of packing and vending cigars, or

` as containers therefor.

, While inl most instances the container will be made of metal, it is obvious that other materials may bey employed, including cardboard and similar materials, whichmay be suitably treated for rendering the same airand moisture-proof, ifdesired.

These and other features of myinvention are more fully described hereinaftenreference being made to the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure l, is a vertical section through a humidor container embodying the features of my invention.

Fig. 2, is a perspective view of the moistening pad and closure member carrying the same which I may employ.

Fig. 3, is an enlarged sectional view of a lpart of the humidor, illustrating a modified construction within the scope of my invention.

Fig. et is a perspective view illustrating-a structure of another shape to which my in vention may he applied.

Figs. 5, 6, 7 and 8 are fragmentary sec suitable container for cigars, which ma be circular or rectangular in cross section. his container, usually of metal, may be made of any suitable material, for instance, pasteboard suitably water-proofed or otherwise treated to be substantially moisture-proof,

and in most instances it will be provided with a suitable lining 2, which may be of cedar veneer, for instance.

In constructing the humidor container forming the subject of my invention, I prefer to take a type of can or canister in well known commercial use, .which is provided with a anged head having a neck or throat 3 adapted to receive a substantially cu shaped insertible closure cap 4. f In t e ordinary construction of cans or canisters of this type, whether circular or rectangular in cross section, such closure cap is. applied to the top or upper end of the sameand the opposite end of the can or canister is provided with a. suitable plain bottom, usually retained in place by beading over the end of ythe body or shell. In my construction, how

ever, the element normally forming the bottom of the can is omitted, and the edge of the open end of the body may be simpl v turned over as at 5 to give the same a smoot finish and to act as a `stifener or reinforce- A ment, and this end is adapted to receive an ordinary slip cover 6, externally applied. In my construction, the cup-shaped closure l is applied t the bottom of the can or canister qand the slip cover 6 is applied to the top of the same. Y

This construction of box or can provides an internally disposed flange 7 which, in my arrangement, will be disposed at the bottom, and this flange is adapted to support a suitable diaphragm or shelf 8 con-f stituting a false bottom, the same substantially fitting the interiorl of the container and having a downturned ange or edge 9 which may rest upon thev flange 7 of the container. This diaphragm may be made of moistening pad '10 which ma any suitable form of -foraminous or reticulated material. ln Fig. 1, l have shown a perforated sheet of metal, and in Figs. 3 and 9, l have shown a section, of wire gauze. It constitutes a false bottom to support the cigars or other tobacco product within the container. l

The cup shaped closure cap 4 carries be of any suitable absorbent material, an in practice, l have employed a series of sheets of blotting paper, with an interposed section of material 11; a layer of cedar veneer for instance. The several parts may be secured together bv a pronged fastener of the ordinary Mc- Gill type indicated at 12. By the use of such form of fastener, the ad can be removed from the closure as esired; either when the cigars are too moist or when itis desired to renew the same. stood that other forms of fastening means may be employed. lf desired, Ventilating apertures may be made through the closure Wall, veneer layer and absorbent pad.

As clearly illustrated in the drawings; the absorbent pad is placed a short distance from the false bottom 8. lli desired, the continuous flange of the latter ma be omitted and a series of prongs bent 'own from the sheet to rest uponthe internal Hangs 7 o the-box or can. As usually constructed, the false bottom is removable but, if desired, lt may secure it to the wall of the box by eyelets 13, as shown in Fig. 3, which serve the further purpose of p roviding ventilating apertures. ln lieu of apertures so formed, l may form apertures in the can and the lining thereof opposite the me: between the moistening pad and the also bottom.

The wall of the box or container ma also be apertured at other points to provi e additional ventilation, and in making these apertures l. ma strike up the wall ot the can, 'if of meta?, and turn in the struclt up portion so as to retain the lining in. place, in the manner indicated in Fig. 5.

.lhe cover is preferably provided with a limng 14, of suitable material, cedar veneer, for instance, and this may be retained in place by beading the wall of the cover as at 15, as shown in Fig. 1, or portions of the cover lian e may be pressed in to ilorm prongs tha will engage the lining, as shown in F1 s. 6, 7 and 8; the openings formed in main such prongs aordingventilating means. n lieu of this arrangement, plain apertures 16 ma be formed in the to wall of the cover an in the body of the ining carried thereby.

l have shown in Figs. 1 and 3, a form of closure cap 4, which is cupped from the outside. In lieu of this l may employ a c losure cap 4a such as shown in Fig. 9, inwhich the .wall ris reverted; thereby providing space lt will be underinvente for the moistening pad and materially reducin the space between the closure and the fa se bottom.

As may be readily seen, the bottom closure t is readily detachable from the humidor container in order to meisten the absorbent pad and readily returned in place, being retained by frictional contact with the wall of the opening.

My invention is applicable to round boxes or rectangular boxes as the case may be, and in Fig. d, l have shown a perspective view of the bottom of a rectangular container receiving a circular closure cap adapted to carry a moistening pad of absorbent material, of the same type as employed with the structure illustrated in F i 1 and 2. ln such form` of container, the false bottom will be rectangular.

As may be seen, my invention is applicable to ordinary commercial cans `found on the market, requirin no special tools for producing the same, ence the construction is or the utmost simplicity and of minimum cost. v

l claimv1. A humidor comprising a cylindrical casing with an opening at each end, a permanentl .attached wal at one end of said casing 1n which one of said openings is formed; said wall having an internally disosed ange surrounding the opening ormed therein, detachable closures for each end of said casing; one of said closures being externally applied while the other closure is internally applied andis in tight frictional engagement with the flange surrounding. the opening in said end wall of the casing, and a moistening pad secured to said internally applied closure and removable therewith.

2. A humidor comprising a cylindrical casing with an openin at each end, a permanently attached wal at one end of said casing in which one of said openings is formed; said wall having an internally disposed iange surrounding the opening formed therein, detachable closures for each end of 'said casing; one of said closures being externally applied while the other closure is internally applied and is intight frictional engagement with the Hange surounding the opening in the end wall of the casing, a moisteni pad secured to said internally applied nclosure and removable therewith, and a false bottom of foraminous material detachablyfmounted in said casingv and rest'- in on said end wall for supporting oontained articles out of contact with said moistening pad.

3. A humidor structure comprising, in combination, a cylindrical casing with an opening at each end, a permanently attached wall at one end of said casing in which one of said openings is formed; said wall havin a ange sunding the opening form therein, detachable closures for each end with' said pad having its surface exposed of'said casing, one of said closures being and facing upwardly within the casing when v externally applied While the other closure is the `carrier therefor is secured in closed po- 10 internall applied and engages the Han ell sition with respect to the casing.

5 surroun ing the opening in said end wall, In witness whereof` I have signed this and a moistenin pad secured to said inspecification. 1 ternally applied e osure and removable there- HENRY M. KREH. 

